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- DOCUMENT:Q104653 04-OCT-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :AST EISA computers with 16 MB or More RAM Causes Trap Errors
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- An AST EISA computer with 16 megabytes (MB) or more RAM has the "Stop
- Scanning Memory Above 16 Meg" option enabled may cause Windows NT to
- have Kernel Trap errors.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- AST EISA computers have an option, "Stop Scanning Memory Above 16
- Meg," that is enabled by default. If this setting is enabled on
- computers that have 16 MB or more of physical RAM installed, Windows
- NT may exhibit a kernel trap error upon booting of the system. 16 MB
- is actually 16384 kilobytes (K), so it appears that NTDETECT was
- correctly detecting the full 16384K. However, the EISA configuration
- is only reporting available memory to 16000K, which causes the above
- error message to occur.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- To prevent the error messages, disable the "Stop Scanning Memory Above
- 16 Meg" option with the EISA configuration utility disk that is
- supplied by the manufacturer.
-
- AST EISA computers are manufactured by AST Research, Inc., a vendor
- independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
- regarding these products' performance or reliability.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 memory 1E blue screen
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: hrdwr stpscrn
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